On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:06:04PM -0500, Nancy Anthracite wrote: > >From the NYC Health Department web site > http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/ah/ahn1.shtml > > New York State began implementation of this law on June 1, 2000. ... > > 1 .What is this new law about, and what will it do? > The new law requires doctors and laboratories to tell the Health Department > about new cases of HIV infection and HIV illness, along with AIDS cases as > they do now. It also requires doctors to discuss with their HIV infected > patients those whom they may have exposed to HIV infection through sex or > needle sharing. The Health Department or physicians can then notify people > who are at risk about where to get counseling, testing, and treatment if they > are infected. ...
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